The Case For Indiana Jones 5

Last weekend, Harrison Ford expressed a willingness to return to Lucasfilm to reprise one of his most famous and iconic roles.No, not Han Solo–although we’re all expecting to hear that soon. Rather, Ford said that he would be open to appearing again as Indiana Jones, the intrepid, adventuring archaeology professor…and we think he ought to do it.That’s probably not, to be perfectly honest, a popular opinion. While Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull did alright both critically and at the box office when it first came out, it hasn’t aged well and has become something of a punchline among fans. We ourselves even named it as one of the worst “comeback” films for a character.So what makes us think they could do right by the audience the next time out? Read on…!And remember: The rumor has it Harrison Ford wants to do just one of the Star Wars sequels and if it’s true that Han Solo will die, his suddenly very active filming schedule could have a couple of spaces in it where no other studio had dared to try and schedule him for anything. Could we see him take on Indy as a result of his character being written out of Star Wars? That could work nicely for Disney…There’s Nowhere to Go But UpThis one’s huge, of course: When Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was announced, there were only three films and they were all, as far as the fans were concerned, very good.  Even Temple of Doom, most people’s choice for third-best, had its adherents and wasn’t generally thought to be bad, per se.There was, you could say, noplace to go but down. And that’s where the franchise went.Now, though, you have a floor as well as a ceiling. All they have to do in order to justify making the sequel is to make it better, or at least more fan-friendly, than Crystal Skull.

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